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Live this day! Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Never agonize over the past or worry over the future. Live this day and live it well.

Worry is a habit. It is something that can be worked on. I call it relinquishment of the worry habit. There are techniques that help. I talk to some beautiful church people and I discover they still worry. It’s a total waste of time and energy. If you are a praying person who prays with faith, you would immediately, and automatically, take what you’re worried about to God in prayer and leave it in God’s hands – the best possible hands. This is one technique that is excellent. In the beginning you may have to take it back to God quite a number of times before you develop the habit (which I have developed) of always doing everything you can in a situation, and then leaving the rest safely in God’s hands.

How often are you worrying about the present moment? The present is usually all right. If you’re worrying, you’re either agonizing over the past that you should have forgotten long ago, or else you’re apprehensive over the future which hasn’t even come yet. We tend to skim right over the present moment which is the only moment God gives any of us to live. If you don’t live the present moment, you never get around to living at all. And if you do live the present moment, you tend not to worry. For me, every moment is a new and wonderful opportunity to be of service.

Credit: These are the words of Peace Pilgrim. We found them in the book with the title “Peace Pilgrim. Her life and work in her own words”.

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A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.

He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”

“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

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Credit: There are many different version of this story floating on the Internet. We do not know who the original author of this story is.

Yogis have long known that “Less is More” and insisted on the value of simplicity and owning less. Now Psychologist Barry Schwartz enumerates the reason why more choice makes us less happy in this funny and informative TED talk.

We must get away from the belief that when others have more stuff and more choices they are happier than us. Instead we should move towards the belief that true happiness is within and by reducing possessions and simplifying our lives we can accelerate our journey within and increase our happiness.

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The latest report on Global Warming compiled by 250 scientists collaborating with 195 governments has come to a startling conclusion: Climate change is real and sea levels are rising faster than predicted. But climate change is confusing so here are five questions to ask:

1. Is this controversial?

Rarely do scientists agree so completely on anything. The remarkable thing about the science of climate change is the almost total unanimity of scientists on this subject. The “controversy” regarding climate change is entirely manufactured; there is no controversy amongst scientists.

2. Will it be costly?

We all know that it is much more difficult to put together anything after its broken. This applies to Climate Change too. For every dollar we do not spend fixing the problem of Climate Change our children will spend hundreds of dollars doing so.
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